03/10/2026
General Supervisor: Jill Jacobs, M.Ed., LPC, RPT-S
Jill is a Licensed Professional Counsellor and Registered Play Therapist with the Association for Play Therapy. Jill lives in Washington, DC and has worked with children, families, and adults in DC and Virginia for the last 8 years. Her expertise lies in working alongside people through the impact of grief, trauma, and life transitions, and supporting children and their caregivers through early childhood. She has experience working as a school-based mental health practitioner, a therapist at community mental health practice, and currently works in private practice, working with people of all ages as a therapist and as a consultant and educator in the therapy community.
Jill seeks to create a comfortable space for each client and supervisee with whom she works. She approaches her work with curiosity, humility, humour, playfulness, compassion, and authenticity, and believes that change happens when we can be vulnerable within a safe environment. Jill focuses on building a warm, empathetic therapy relationship where clients can come as they are to work towards their mental health goals.